The Wagner Act of 1935

question 40

Multiple Choice

The Wagner Act of 1935

• A)allowed agricultural workers to form and join unions.
• B)set up a system by which employees would pay a tax into a fund that would pay retired workers a pension.
• C)established the idea that the federal government lacked the constitutional authority to regulate on the state level.
• D)strengthened the rights of unions to collectively bargain.

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Effects

Responses or alterations in the body functions that are stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system, part of the autonomic nervous system that controls "fight or flight" reactions.

Parasympathetic Effects

Physiological actions resulting from the activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, including a decrease in heart rate and the promotion of digestion.

ANS

Autonomic Nervous System, a part of the nervous system that controls involuntary bodily functions, such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.

Sympathetic Division

Part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for 'fight or flight' responses, increasing heart rate and blood pressure among other effects.